A new experience

It's always a kick to experience something for the f irst time and this morning that something
was an earthquake. Not something we are accustomed to in Illinois. So at 4:30 am, sitting at my computer, I noticed a moment when every window in the house vibrated. I looked outside: no evidence of any wind...um, sometimes frieght trains do that in the middle of the night , but th is was much stronger an effect and since it stopped quickly, I just shrugged it off. Later, of course, I heard that we h ad experienced an earthquake.

I had a similar experience in Florida. In the middle of the day we heard a massive explosion; found out later that it was a sonic boom from the space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere before landing at Cape Kennedy.

Both times, it would have been more interesting if I had known at the time what was happening.